Who: Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs. (He's been bestowed the honorific of "one of the most outrageous CEOs of 2009", by Forbes magazine and is generally a controversial figure. He's also filthy rich, bald, and likely has a fluffy cat that he pets while using hundred dollar bills to light Black Market cigars.)

Where: Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum

What: Blankfein stirred up a bit of controversy during the fiscal powwow when the 58-year-old showed up with stubble.

Why Shoule We Care: Well, we shouldn't, really. But The Daily Beast uses Blankfein's overgrown five o'clock shadow as a springboard to trace the history of facial hair on Wall Street. New York Magazine has broken their coverage into a five-part serialized exposé on the psychodrama that is motivating this folicular statement (it must mean something). Suddenly he's being branded a freewheeling hippie. Or he's having a mid-life crisis. Our thoughts? They guy is almost 60 and ostensibly controls the world's economy. He's bald, and carries it off relatively well (no toupee or Trumpian tomfoolery), but he isn't exactly winning any beauty contests. And, honestly, the scruff kind of helps his look. It's not some bushy topiary, and it's clipped nicely, with a demarcation below the jawline. There was thought put into it, a bit of vanity, perhaps. It's a grown man subtly experimenting with how he presents himself. Leave him be. He certainly has bigger fish to fry. But, hey, get that pen outta your mouth for Christ's sake.